The US have issued a warning to Iran, after the regime said all companies owned by Elon Musk in West Asia will be considered military targets. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took to X on Thursday, as Donald Trump announced more strikes will target Iran today.
The US official wrote: “The Iranian regime will lose the zero-sum game it is playing. Any damage it inflicts on our allies in the Gulf will be paid for with funds extracted from Iranian Accounts. Any tolls paid to the Persian Gulf Strait Authority will be offset by funds extracted from their accounts. Every attack Iran launches will only deepen the economic and financial consequences it faces.”
Mr Bessent didn’t name Elon Musk, who owns X, nor the threat shared today on Iranian news agency Fars which suggests Tehran is now considering all the economic holdings of the billionaire scattered in West Asia, including Gulf nations and Israel, legitimate targets.
A message from Fars shared on messaging platform Telegram read: “All interests related to economic holdings managed by Elon Musk in West Asia, including Arab countries and Israel, are under review to be included in Iran’s new target bank.”
The message also suggests Starlink is among the companies being threatened, as it said: “The Starlink ground station located in the occupied territories, Qatar, Jordan, the UAE, and Oman, along with SpaceX shareholders including the infrastructure of two companies ‘Alfazbi’ and ‘Mobadele’, are among the new targets in Iran’s bank.”
Earlier on Thursday, Mr Trump announced new US strikes on Iran will take place tonight, as he also suggested the US may take over Kharg Island, key to Iran’s oil infrastructure.
